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  3. Never served. But I want to offer my heart felt thank you to each and every one of you who has served, is serving or has family members serving. I appreaciate the sacrifices you all make to defend this great country and ensure that my family and I are free to live and worship as we please.
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  4. 24 years in the US Air Force. Enlisted in 1972 and they sent me to New Mexico instead of Southeast Asia. During the first Gulf War, I was in England and they kept us there. We were pointed at Russia if they decided to try to take advantage of the situation. People in the military lately have seen more 'action' in one enlistment than I did total. Spent 4 years in NM. 4.5 years in England. All the rest at Scott AFB Illinois except for a few TDYs. I was an aircraft mechanic as I wanted to be one even as a young child. Later I trained aircraft mechanics. Towards the end of my career I was running training programs at Headquarters level and got to use computers for the first time. When I retired I changed careers to computers. Now I'm a government contractor maintaining Oracle databases for the US Air Force. I retired with two Associates degree, a BS in Education, and a dual Masters of Arts degree. Not bad for a mechanic from Kentucky.
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  5. notjsharr was not born in Notsville, Tenn. He is not survived by his wife, notwonotjsharr. He did not work for the Notty Pine Wood and Lumber Company for many years. He did not enjoy fishing and hunting. He especially did not enjoy posting on the Square Wheels Forum. He will not be missed by all those who did not know him. In lieu of flowers, donations may not be made to the charity of your choice. The family will not be gathering at the notjsharr residence and burial will not be taking place, ever.
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  6. He was my grandfather's next door neighbor. Seriously.
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  7. RG is now the biggest member, by far.
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  8. what a damned shame....I thought Cheese Doodle was leaving......
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  9. I dated this guy from the Naval Academy-- of wait, wrong story.
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  10. Please tell Bob Crane I said hello.
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  11. I'm not capable of even trying that technique.
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  12. jsharr has two identities? This is shocking. Isn't this against the rules?
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  13. you hippies sure are tedious!
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  14. Yay, it will go to RG, now jsharr can stop posting with two identities. He was trying not to get to 1,000 first.
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  15. She should have done Playboy or somesuch, I think.
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  16. If he catches you, you're through.
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  17. Fonzie was tough back when the most violent show on TV was Kojack Remember how Tele Savales used to abuse people's civil rights in every episode? Hey, who loves ya, baby? now that was when they still made great TV shows
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  18. Reinhard Heydrich believed the government should have an intelligence service to gather information on all aspects of those who lived within the country. To some extent, similar in a way to how the NSA now collects information on people in America. In case the name Reinhard Heydrich is unfamiliar: He reported to Heinrich Himmler, Who in turn reported to Adolf Hitler. For what it's worth, Heydrich was also the head of security for the German Shutzstaffel (aka the SS) and one of the perpetrators of the Holocaust. Draw what conclusions you will, or don't draw what conclusions you won't.
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  19. Sounds like something you should be doing naked to me.
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  20. you have blocks and blankets and straps???? just what the hell kinda yoga are you people doing???
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  22. they will have to find another studio..... I don't want naked butts on our blocks and blankets, and who knows what they would do with our straps!
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  23. Yes you have, but very few of them were good and only this one is best.
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  24. I think this is the best idea that Cheese has ever had.
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  25. alright, I did one tour with the Navy in 1988-92. I started out as a deck ape, then got a chance to learn electronics and ended up in the air wing. I went to boot camp in San Diego, went to tech school in Memphis, was back in San Diego attached to a helicopter squadron there on Coronado Island, then spent a little over 2 years in Hawaii. I worked nights in Hawaii and got to surf every single day. Once I made petty officer, I moved off base and lived in a Hawaiian neighborhood. I was the only white guy on the street and my surfing partner was the 16 year old Hawaiian kid next door.
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  26. I fall asleep easily, but wake up repeatedly (4-6 times) during the night. I have no trouble going back to sleep, but all these interruptions suck. I used to fall asleep and I could sleep straight thru for 8-10 hours.
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  27. I'll bet that when it was time to get up this morning, your insomnia was cured.
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  28. As many of you know, I am a leader in a Cub Scout Pack. Today, I was leading our Bear den in a requirement called Bike Right. In preperation, Ryan and I went to Richardson Bike Mart to get inner tubes and a patch kit, as one of the requirements for this activity was to learn to change or patch an inner tube. We went in our Class A uniforms, as we were going straight to the meeting. Within a minute, two guys asked if they could help us. One struck up a conversation with Ryan and found out that Ryan loves gadgets. Before it was over, Ryan was the proud new owner of a Bontrager Rollbar Multi tool. The man that gave it to him is an Eagle Scout and Ryan had to promise to become an Eagle Scout in order to receive the tool As we were checking out, the counter guy told Ryan how when he was at IBM, he had to choose between two applicants. One had a degree from an Ivy League school. The other had a degree from a normal school but was an Eagle Scout. The Eagle got the job. It was cool to see Ryan learn that the time he spends Scouting is not wasted and it was great for me to see that the boys I invest so much time in grow into men of character who pay back to scouting. And the lesson went really well too. The boys got to learn about bike maintenace and they worked together to get a bike tire up to 90 psi, as none of them weighed over 60 lbs. Then we set up an obstacle course and practiced riding skills and hand signals. It was a good day.
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  29. Funnily enough, the leader of the den is an Eagle Scout and he let the air out of his sons front tire, as we needed a "flat" to repair. So when EJ asked his dad why he let the air out, I told him his tire was full of summer air and we needed to replace it with winter air!!
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  30. I did a 34 mile loop through the country side. It's harvest season.. Here's a nice old barn for sale (just in case you have room in your backyard for it). Lots of country roads Old Glory showing about a 15mph breeze out of the south. This is on the corner of the Gilmore Farms. Some long time Indy race fans will remember the Gilmore-Foyt racing team (Jim Gilmore and AJ Foyt) This is the Gilmore family farm. A neat red barn on the side of the road Grain bins off in the distance waiting to be filled with the harvest. The dairy center at Michigan State University's Kellog Biological Station in Hickory Corners Looks like if they hurry they can squeeze in one more cutting of alfalfa.
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  31. In NYS there's also: Denmark Cuba Poland Greece Persia Italy Mexico Norway And probably a few more that I missed. There's also a Chili, which is phonetically close to Chile, but doesn't really count because it's pronounced with each 'i' having a long 'i' sound (say 'Ch eye - lie' ).
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  32. Except, this one is factual and did in fact happen. http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/browns.asp
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  33. I used to own a black Dodge van, no windows except for the windshield and the 2 front doors (and those were tinted very dark black). Very loud 360 V8. Went to a friends house and he said "Dude you look like a creep in that van." I thought it was funny. So the next day I went to DMV and got CREEP for a licence plate. A few years later I joined a motorcycle gang. One of the guys there said because I was former NAVY that I should change my nickname to CaptainCreep. I have had this nickname for 25 years now.. I don't own the Dodge van anymore. Nor the CREEP licence plate. Nor am I in the motorcycle gang anymore. The name has stayed.
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  34. It was beautiful. We went both ways. Started in Conway went to Lincoln, had lunch and went back. I ended up with just two bottles each way - filled up in Lincoln, but gave one to my wife on the ride back. I'll post some pics tonight. Here is where we started in Conway. I still feel alive here. Ready to go not knowing what I'm in for. Damn I look fat in this pic, a few less cookies for me tonight. Scenes like this all along the ride. The wonderful wife trying to choke down some Perpetuem peanut butter concoction she made - looked like poop. Damn she looks hot - I'm so lucky. Still early in the day, the leaf peepers were all sleeping. This was on the way up. On the way down the same pick would have had 20 or more people in it. Beautiful colors, but I wish we waited two more weeks. Yay, I made it to the top. No, it's not an illusion, this is steep for me. I bailed out coming back from Lincoln I walked at least 1/2 mile up the hills. I didn't get a pic of the one that said 9 1/2 % I saw when going down, it didn't seem prudent to stop for a pic at 40 mph. Uh oh, someone woke them up, the people are coming, the people are coming. NH is so pretty. Time for lunch! We tried to go easy on the food, we had tea to warm up a little and split a sandwich. This was a great ride and we had a wonderful time. It was a 2 hour commute from our house, and we drove up and back in the same day. Made for a very long day. I was not prepared for how hard the climbs were. It started with a very gradual climb, almost flat for about 20 miles, then it got steep for about 5 - 10. After that it was mostly downhill until Lincoln. I felt pretty good and wasn't worried about the ride back. It was a similar ride back slow climb, then steep. When it got steep, I experienced something I haven't had happen yet. I still felt good, I was well fed and hydrated, but I ran out. Simple as that, I just ran out of energy. I could not go any further. I got off for a little while and it didn't go away, so I walked a little. Then I thought I was good, got on and just could not go more than 100 feet. I felt totally drained. Somehow made I to the top and damn what a great ride back down. Close to 30 miles of downhill or flat roads. I think my wife had more than she bargained for too, but she is an amazing person and she gave it her all. I may try it again in two weeks if the weather i good. My wife doesn't know I'm thinking about it, honey if you read this, I love you and you don't need to come.
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